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What’s happened this week in climate change? Read the latest issue of Carbon Brief’s weekly newsletter, DeBriefed, here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eaU56zj4 In this issue: 🌍 Nearly 95% of countries missed a UN deadline to submit their 2035 climate pledges. 📚 New research confirmed the world is likely to exceed the 1.5C target within 10 years. 💼 Key dates for next week and pick of the job vacancies 💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief takes you behind the scenes of its recent rapid analysis on UK airport expansion. ✍ Written by Dr Verner Viisainen 💻 Edited by Daisy Dunne Sign up to DeBriefed here ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4a4gsGR #DeBriefed #ClimateNews #ClimateChange

🇩🇪 Ahead of a federal election on 23 February in Germany, Carbon Brief has made an interactive grid that breaks down where each major German party stands on climate and energy — from emissions targets to renewable energy plans. 🗳️ The election follows the collapse of the coalition government at the end of last year. The coalition government, which came to power in 2021, has been plagued by ideological differences, particularly between the Free Democratic Party and its two centre-left partners. 🔎 Climate policies were at the heart of many of the disputes. For more on the party's differences, explore Carbon Brief's interactive grid here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4hrtbrg ✍️: Josh Gabbatiss and Anastasiia Zagoruichyk #GermanyElection #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition #ClimatePolicy

It's raining in Antarctica ☔ This week, Dr Ella Gilbert published new research on extreme precipitation events known as 'atmospheric rivers', showing that these are already bringing rain to West Antarctica, not just snow. What does this mean? As the climate changes, rain may not be rare for long. But predictive models vary hugely on the impact extreme rain and snowfall will have Antarctica - and Ella's research shows that the detail in these models matters. Ella's excellent explainer for Carbon Brief is here: 💧 https://lnkd.in/e-D7kvRh The news story on the BAS website is here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ewCd8iCz

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🌧️ "Rivers in the sky" are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of West Antarctica, hitting ice shelves that hold back rapidly retreating glaciers. 📚 A new study shows how these "atmospheric rivers" transport heat and moisture from the tropics, causing rain to fall even in sub-zero temperatures. 🇦🇶 Rain in Antarctica is not only a stark sign of climate change — it could also impact ice shelves, the barriers slowing sea level rise. 🔎 The study focuses on the Amundsen Sea embayment region, home to the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, where ice shelf collapse could have global consequences. Read more from Dr Ella Gilbert here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3QduVbC #Antarctica #ClimateChange #SeaIce #SeaLevelRise

🌍 Around 95% of countries have missed a UN deadline to submit new climate pledges for 2035, Carbon Brief analysis shows. 📚 Only 13 out of 195 parties to the Paris Agreement submitted their updated emissions-cutting plans by 10 February. The missing countries account for 83% of global emissions and nearly 80% of the world’s economy. 🇧🇷 With COP30 in Brazil approaching, pressure is mounting for nations to strengthen their commitments. UN climate chief Simon Stiell says most countries still intend to submit their plans this year—but the clock is ticking. 🔎 Nations have until September to be included in the UN’s next global stocktake of climate action. Read the full analysis by Daisy Dunne here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3Ezwn5O #ParisAgreement #Emissions #COP30 #EnergyTransition 

Is climate journalism shifting from doom to hope? 📚 A new study finds that US and UK news outlets broke from tradition in 2022, focusing more on “positive, solutions-based reporting”, instead of the negative impacts of climate change. 🔎 The research examines coverage of the IPCC’s 2022 climate mitigation report and notes that previous IPCC reports “did not receive such an overwhelmingly positive, and at times even optimistic, message”. 📲 However, the tone on social media was starkly different — popular posts leaned into despair, amplifying a “sense of hopelessness” over the climate crisis. Read more from Cecilia Keating here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/efRxqgTV #ClimateChange #ClimateCommunication #IPCC #ClimateJournalism

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽 Read Daisy Dunne and Orla Dwyer's newest issue here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/41cDeuM In this issue... 🇺🇸 Trump sent ripples through global food markets with new tariffs and aid cuts. 🇮🇩 Indonesia is examining using protected forests for food and biofuel. 🇨🇴 Colombia’s Susana Muhamad quit as environment minister, leaving COP16 in uncertainty. 💡 Spotlight | Carbon Brief explores a new Nature study which examined how consumption in 24 countries leads to “outsourced” deforestation and biodiversity loss. Sign up to Carbon Brief's Cropped newsletter here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3j992gD

🌍 “Natural” world heritage sites, such as the Galápagos Islands, Serengeti national park and Great Barrier Reef, could be exposed to multiple climate extremes by the end of the century, a new study warns. 📚 The study assesses the impacts of extreme heat, rainfall and drought on 250 natural world heritage sites, under different emissions scenarios. 🔎 It finds that under a low-emissions scenario, 33 of the 250 heritage sites will face at least one “climate pressure” by the end of the century. Under a moderate scenario, this number rises to 188 sites. 🌡️ Under the highest emissions scenarios, the study finds that nearly all sites will experience extreme heat exposure, with many also facing the compounding impacts of drought or extreme rainfall. Read more from Ayesha Tandon here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4hpv3Rh #Nature #WorldHeritageSites #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange